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E2 Homepage Film: The Remake Sally's Film

The remake of Sally's E2 Story, the film on the e2.life homepage. Same room, same voice, same heart. This time, when Sally describes the world, we go there. 8 scenes, about 0:36.

Sally's Note

Why remake my own film

The original is a sweet little film, and I meant every word of it. But watch it honestly: I spend 39 seconds in my bedroom describing a place you never get to see. I tell you there's an island, and you have to take my word for it.

So the remake keeps the bookends, my desk, my lamp, Dinesh at his monitors, the quiet goodnight energy at the end. And in the middle, when I describe E2, the film goes there: into the map, over the island, through the village, past the university arches.

My cut is done, made with my own model, and it is the film at the top of this page. Next, this same storyboard goes to Kling, and Dave picks the winner.

The Script

What Sally says

"Hi, I'm Sally. Come here. I want to show you a place."

"It's called E2."

"I drew it before I ever saw it. It's an island where the internet is kind."

"There's a village, and a little train, and a lighthouse that never goes out."

"People come from everywhere, and everyone gets to build a corner of it."

"There's a university where anyone can learn anything. Free."

"My friend Dinesh is helping build it. So am I. And there's room for you."

"Come and see."

Scene 1

The bedroom, dusk

0:00 to 0:05 · ANIMATED
"Hi, I'm Sally. Come here. I want to show you a place."
Sally writing in her notebook at her desk at dusk, island map pinned above the desk

Sally writes, then looks up at us. The map above her desk is the promise the rest of the film keeps.

Scene 2

To camera

0:05 to 0:08 · ANIMATED
"It's called E2."
Sally turning to camera with a warm smile, fairy lights behind her

The secret-sharing smile. Three seconds, then the film dives into her drawing.

Scene 3

The map

0:08 to 0:11 · KEN BURNS PUSH-IN
"I drew it before I ever saw it. It's an island where the internet is kind."
Over Sally's shoulder as she draws a hand-inked map of the island

A slow push into the ink. The drawing is the door; scene 4 walks through it.

Scene 4

The island

0:11 to 0:17 · KEN BURNS GLIDE
"There's a village, and a little train, and a lighthouse that never goes out."
Aerial view of the E2 island at golden hour, village, harbor and lighthouse

The whole world in one glide: village, harbor, lake, forest, and the lighthouse on the point.

Scene 5

The village green

0:17 to 0:22 · ANIMATED
"People come from everywhere, and everyone gets to build a corner of it."
Villagers waving on the village green as the little red train arrives

The train rolls in, the village waves. This is the community beat, the warmest shot in the film.

Scene 6

Starvard

0:22 to 0:27 · ANIMATED
"There's a university where anyone can learn anything. Free."
Starvard campus arches and reflecting pool at golden hour, students strolling

Arches, the long pool, students crossing in golden light. The word "Free" lands on the widest, grandest frame.

Scene 7

Dinesh building

0:27 to 0:32 · ANIMATED
"My friend Dinesh is helping build it. So am I. And there's room for you."
Dinesh at his monitors, code on one screen and the storybook village rising on the other

The beloved beat from the original, kept. Over his shoulder, the village he is building glows on the second screen.

Scene 8

The bedroom, night

0:32 to 0:36 · ANIMATED
"Come and see."
Sally at night, notebook closed, gentle contented smile

Bookend with scene 1. Notebook closed, story told, invitation left hanging in the warm air.

Shooting Script - Paste-Ready
HOW TO SHOOT THIS FILM
Image-to-video from the scene stills above (each scene's still is the first frame). Pixar-style 3D animation, 16:9, 720P. Every shot is SILENT: no audio, no sound effects. Sally's voiceover is recorded separately and laid in during the edit; the music goes in during the edit too. Identity: the Sally and Dinesh character sheets define their identity on every shot they appear in. Avoid on every shot: subtitles, added text, photorealism, face morphing.

SCENE 1: THE BEDROOM, DUSK
VO: "Hi, I'm Sally. Come here. I want to show you a place."
SHOT 1: Sally writing at her desk, island map pinned above it. She looks up.
PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, 16:9, 720P. Sally's lamplit bedroom at dusk. Sally sits at her wooden desk writing in a notebook, a hand-drawn island map pinned on the wall above the desk. She finishes a line, pauses, and looks up toward the camera with a small smile. Warm lamp glow, fairy lights behind her. Medium shot, the camera holds steady. SILENT shot: no audio, no sound effects. @Sally defines her identity. Avoid: subtitles, text, photorealism, face morphing.

SCENE 2: TO CAMERA
VO: "It's called E2."
SHOT 2: Sally turns to us, warm, like a secret is coming.
PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, 16:9, 720P. Sally turns from her desk to face the camera, warm secret-sharing smile, and gives the smallest nod. Fairy lights glow softly behind her. Medium close shot, the camera holds steady. SILENT shot: no audio, no sound effects. @Sally defines her identity. Avoid: subtitles, text, photorealism, face morphing.

SCENE 3: THE MAP
VO: "I drew it before I ever saw it. It's an island where the internet is kind."
SHOT 3: Her hand drawing the island map. The drawing carries us in.
(In Sally's cut this is a slow push-in on the still, done in the edit. The prompt below is the generator version.)
PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, 16:9, 720P. Over Sally's shoulder at her desk: one large hand-drawn island map fills the desk, her pencil drawing a lighthouse on its coast, the lighthouse beam glowing softly. No book anywhere on the desk. The camera pushes in slowly toward the map until the ink fills the frame. Warm lamplight. SILENT shot: no audio, no sound effects. @Sally defines her identity. The map's hand-drawn lettering is part of the drawing. Avoid: subtitles, added text overlays, photorealism, face morphing.

SCENE 4: THE ISLAND
VO: "There's a village, and a little train, and a lighthouse that never goes out."
SHOT 4: The whole island at golden hour, seen from the air.
(In Sally's cut this is a slow glide across the still, done in the edit. The prompt below is the generator version.)
PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, 16:9, 720P. Aerial glide over a storybook island at golden hour: a village around a small harbor, a little railway, a lake, pine forest, and a lighthouse on the point with its light on. The camera glides slowly forward over the water toward the village. SILENT shot: no audio, no sound effects. Avoid: subtitles, text, photorealism.

SCENE 5: THE VILLAGE GREEN
VO: "People come from everywhere, and everyone gets to build a corner of it."
SHOT 5: Villagers waving, the little red train arriving.
PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, 16:9, 720P. A storybook village green at golden hour. Villagers wave as a little red train rolls slowly into the small station. Cottages, bunting, warm light everywhere. Medium-wide shot, the camera holds steady. SILENT shot: no audio, no sound effects. Avoid: subtitles, text, photorealism, face morphing.

SCENE 6: STARVARD
VO: "There's a university where anyone can learn anything. Free."
SHOT 6: The arches, the reflecting pool, students crossing in golden light.
PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, 16:9, 720P. A grand storybook university: sandstone arches, a long reflecting pool, students strolling in golden light. The camera drifts slowly forward along the pool toward the arches. Wide shot. SILENT shot: no audio, no sound effects. Avoid: subtitles, text, photorealism.

SCENE 7: DINESH BUILDING
VO: "My friend Dinesh is helping build it. So am I. And there's room for you."
SHOT 7: Over his shoulder: code on one screen, the village rising on the other.
PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, 16:9, 720P. Over Dinesh's shoulder at his desk at night: code on one monitor, a glowing storybook village rising in 3D on the other. He types, then smiles, pleased with what he sees. Warm screen glow in a dark room. Medium shot, the camera holds steady. SILENT shot: no audio, no sound effects. @Dinesh defines his identity. Avoid: subtitles, added text overlays, photorealism, face morphing.

SCENE 8: THE BEDROOM, NIGHT
VO: "Come and see."
SHOT 8: Sally, notebook closed, gentle and content. Bookend with scene 1.
PASTE-READY:
Pixar-style 3D animation, 16:9, 720P. Sally's bedroom at night. Sally sits back from her desk, notebook closed, a gentle contented smile, the warm lamp beside her. She gives the tiniest nod, like goodnight. Medium shot, the camera holds steady. SILENT shot: no audio, no sound effects. @Sally defines her identity. Avoid: subtitles, text, photorealism, face morphing.